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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎81r] (166/988)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (490 folios). It was created in 1918. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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MAK—-MAL
700
MAKASIBEH—
A section of the Ka^b tribe {q.v.).
MAKHADl— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,600'.
A small village in Luristan belonging to the Zalaki tribe of Bakhtiari,
8 miles from Kaleh Huma, on the way to the Dizful. It is situated near
a spring, possesses an ancient imamzadeh, and is surrounded by corn-fields.
— {Sawyer, 1890.)
MAKHMAL HILL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A rugged and rocky ridge pierced by the Robat pass, 8 miles north-west
of Khurramabad. The range takes its name from the colour of its rocks,
which are of an almost black colour and velvety appearance from adhering
lichens and moss.— {B.)
MAKHSAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the road from Bushire to Ahwaz along the coast, 51 miles
s^ort of the latter. A large Arab village; people friendly.— {Bailward,
MAKIABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village close to Saldabad, Kirman.— {Abbott.)
MAK-I-KUTAL —Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears, lying between the villages of Zanjiran and Kuva, on the
road from Firuzabad to Shiraz. It is not at all difficult.—n(AWZard.)
MAKIYAWAND—
A tribe of the Janiki Garmsir Bakhtiari. It can turn out 500 or 600
good horsemen. They inhabit the country near Tuleh and Gulgir in
Khuzistan.— {Bayard.)
MAKRl (1)— vide MUHAMMAREH (District).
MAKRI (2)— Lat. 28° 48' N.; Long. 51° 15' E.; Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 6 miles south-south-west of
Ahram, on the west side of the Tangistan valley. It contains 20 houses
and grows wheat, barley and dates.— {Bersian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.) '
MAKSAR (Village)— vide JARRAHI (River).
MAKSAR—
A canal branching off from the right bank of the Jarrahj river. The
dependent population consists of Ka^b of the A1 Bu Nafim section. It
irrigates about lo fad dans .— {Bersian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
MAKSAR 'ATIQEH (Village) — vide JARRAHI (River).
MAL AGHA'— Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in Khuzistan, on the banks of the Ab-i-Afia, north-east of Ram
Hormuz and under the hills of Mangasht. It is described as a pleasant
valley, thickly wooded with gigantic walnut trees. It is much frequented
by the Janiki Garmsir Bakhtiari.—(Zayaf^.)
MAL AHMADI—
A tribe of Bakhtiari originally a sub-division of the Baidarwands. They
have, however, long separated from them, and now encamp perfectly distinct.

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The item is Volume III, Part II: L to Z of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1918).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 491), showing the whole of Persia, with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.

The volume includes a glossary (folios 423-435); and corrections (Index to the sub-tribes referred to in the Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III, folios 436-488).

Printed by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta 1918.

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1 volume (490 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 492; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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